Yuvraj Singh finds perfect timing

A career-best 169 puts India in complete control as the Pakistan bowlers suffer

In different circumstances, he might not even have played, but Yuvraj Singh seized his moment with a career-best 169 in an innings of breathtaking quality as India overcame a wretched start to wrest control of the third and final Test against Pakistan. Yuvraj's bat pounded out a heady rhythm that had the crowd dancing all afternoon, and his 300-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly utterly changed the complexion of the match.

Pakistan's perfect morning was inspired by a pace bowler from Rawalpindi, but it wasn't Shoaib Akhtar, who bowled just 10 overs before leaving the field after lunch with back spasms. Yasir Arafat Satti, familiar to fans of Scotland, Sussex and Kent, was making his debut and his ability to move the ball at pace decimated India's top order.

After having Rahul Dravid caught at slip going for the cut, he had Wasim Jaffer - double-centurion in Kolkata - offering no shot to